The Latest: Net bowler back, got Aussie shirt to prove it

LONDON — The Latest on Day 17 of the Cricket World Cup (all times local):

2:45 p.m.

The local bowler who spent four nights in a London hospital after being hit by a David Warner drive in the practice nets last week has had a reunion with the Australian batsman and his teammates at the Oval.

Jaykishan Plaha was bowling to Warner ahead of Australia's Cricket World Cup group game against India when he was struck on the head, treated at the scene and then taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance.

Medical tests cleared Plaha of injury, and was released in time to meet up with the Australians back at the Oval before the defending champions played Sri Lanka.

"To come in and roll the arm over and unfortunately get hit was sad, it was a real shock to us," Warner said in an interview with the host broadcaster. "Now he's recovering, back on his feet and said he'll be bowling again in about six weeks."

Warner presented Plaha with a signed shirt, and said the young bowler would attend Australia's game against top-ranked England at Lord's on June 25 as well.

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2:10 p.m.

Aaron Finch hit a career-best 153 in spearheading Australia to 334-7 against Sri Lanka at the Oval.

Australia's third consecutive 300-plus total and biggest yet of this campaign was powered by the captain's 14th one-day international hundred in a partnership of 173 with Steve Smith, who made 73.

After Finch and Smith were out in the 43rd and 44th overs, Glenn Maxwell plundered 46 from 25 balls but, as against Pakistan, Australia wasted wickets in hand at the end by losing three wickets in the space of 10 balls.

Still, Sri Lanka was left with a daunting chase in its first match in 11 days after two washouts.

Isuru Udana, the fast-bowling allrounder, starred with the wicket of Finch and Shaun Marsh, two run outs, and a catch. And this was after he hurt his left shoulder from sliding into the advertising boards in the fourth over.

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1:20 p.m.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl against Afghanistan on a green-tinged pitch in mostly sunny conditions at Sophia Gardens.

Four-time Cricket World Cup semifinalist South Africa kept an unchanged lineup from its washout against West Indies. Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi is given more time to recover from a hamstring injury.

Afghanistan made one change from its seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand, bringing in former captain Asghar Afghan and dropping batsman Najibullah Zadran.

It's the first time South Africa and Afghanistan have faced each other in ODI history but the two teams have a lot in common ahead of the day-night match.

Both have lost three times already in this tournament and occupy the last two places in the 10-team standings. Both camps have been unsettled by controversies over team selection.

Lineups:

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir

Afghanistan: Hazrat Zazai, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Ikram Ali Khil, Rashid Khan, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan

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12:45 p.m.

Australia captain and opener Aaron Finch has reached a century off 97 balls against Sri Lanka at the Oval.

Finch hit left-arm spinner Milinda Siriwardana over the long on fence in the 33rd over to bring up his 14th one-day international ton, and third this year.

The fourth six of his innings followed nine boundaries.

He survived an lbw video review in the 12th on the umpire's not out call, and has otherwise played a brilliant innings that has been signaled over the last two weeks. He scored 66 against Afghanistan, and 82 against Pakistan on Wednesday.

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12:15 p.m.

Australia was 110-2 against Sri Lanka after 25 overs, with captain Aaron Finch on 67 from 75 balls, and Steve Smith with him on 2.

Finch lost another toss — he's yet to win one in five matches — and was made to bat at the Oval. He and David Warner were untroubled in reaching their fourth half-century opening partnership of this tournament.

Warner, off to another slow start to make a late charge, was out for 26 off 48 balls at 80-1 when Dhanajaya de Silva bowled his middle stump. Warner was trying to cut a skidding ball that came at him straighter than expected.

Usman Khawaja then departed for 10, caught on the midwicket boundary sweeping at de Silva.

Smith joined Finch, who brought his 50 up off 50 balls, his third half-century at this World Cup.

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11 a.m.

West Indies allrounder Carlos Brathwaite has received a reprimand and one demerit point for showing dissent to the umpires in the loss to England on Friday at Southampton.

Brathwaite made his displeasure clear when he was given out caught behind while batting on 14 from 22 balls in the 44th over.

He admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction from match referee David Boon.

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10:05 a.m.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first against Australia on a fresh pitch at the Oval in dry conditions.

Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep, who dislocated and cut a finger on his right bowling hand in practice, passed bowling and catching tests and will play.

Sri Lanka made one change from its last match 11 days ago, dropping fast bowler Suranga Lakmal, who hasn't taken any wickets in two World Cup matches, for left-arm spin bowling allrounder Milinda Siriwardana, who will play his first one-day international since October 2017.

Australia also made one change: Fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile was "stiff," captain Aaron Finch said, and replaced by Jason Behrendorff, playing his seventh ODI.

Lineups:

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana, Nuwan Pradeep, Lasith Malinga.

Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Kane Richardson.

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8 a.m.

Sri Lanka and Australia meet in a one-day international for the first time in three years in the Cricket World Cup on Saturday.

Meanwhile, South Africa and Afghanistan face each other for the first time in ODI history, in Cardiff.

A fresh pitch and dry conditions await Sri Lanka and Australia at the Oval.

The group match will be Sri Lanka's first in 11 days after two abandonments because of rain in Bristol.

While Sri Lanka was restricted to training indoors, Australia played three matches in the meantime, and can go top of the standings with a fourth win from five matches.

In World Cup history, Australia leads these matchups 7-2.

Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga needs four more wickets to become the fourth bowler to reach 50 in World Cup history, after Glenn McGrath (71), Muttiah Muralitharan (68), and Wasim Akram (55).

South Africa has three losses and a no result from its first four matches.

Afghanistan is on a losing streak, too, having lost three straight ODIs for the first time since the 2015 World Cup.

South Africa's Imran Tahir is the only spinner at this World Cup to have bowled 100-plus overs and not been hit for a six.

Hashmatullah Shahidi needs 54 more runs to reach 1,000 in ODIs, and become the ninth Afghan batsman to the milestone. He scored 59 in his last match against New Zealand.

Rain in Cardiff in the morning is set to clear in the afternoon with the chance of occasional showers. The day-night match starts 1230 GMT.

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